Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends in Central London
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
London > Central London
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in Central London is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 127 | 138 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | - | - |
| Permanent Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Central London | 0.12% | 0.052% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.055% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £66,375 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £68,438 | £75,000 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £76,250 | £80,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.69% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,438 | £85,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £85,125 | - | - |
| London median annual salary | £100,000 | £70,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +42.86% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Central London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Central London matching a recognised job title | 2,352 | 1,810 | 3,022 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.19% | 94.62% | 93.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,476 | 1,436 | 1,964 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £36,750 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £55,000 | £54,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £75,000 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | +3.45% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £93,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £109,375 | £120,000 | £115,000 |
| London median annual salary | £75,000 | £72,000 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | - |
Forward Deployed Engineer Job Locations in Central London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | +15 | 3 | £76,250 | -4.69% | 9 |
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Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Forward Deployed Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Forward Deployed Engineer job ads across the Central London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Artificial Intelligence Engineering | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Coaching | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | LLM | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Anthropic Claude | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Apex Code | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | AWS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Azure | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Budgeting | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Code Quality | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Cost Management | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Data Integration | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Data Protection | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | DevOps | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Domain Models | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Event-Driven | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Event-Driven Architecture | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | GCP | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Generative AI | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Integration Patterns | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | JavaScript | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | LangChain | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | LangGraph | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Lightning Web Components | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | LlamaIndex | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Microsoft Certified Professional | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Model Context Protocol | 33.3% | 1 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 1 | Salesforce Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |